John Thorn

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.

American Historian

Nick Offerman

When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside.

American Actor

Avery Brundage

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.

American Athlete

Priyanka Chopra

I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time.

Indian Actress

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.

Queen Elizabeth II

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

English Royalty

Jim Sensenbrenner

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

American Politician

Erma Bombeck

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.

American Journalist

KRS-One

Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

American Musician

Haylie Duff

American Actress

Pastime refers to something done for pleasure, not obligation or profit.

Enjoyment Essential

Any activity can be a pastime; it varies greatly from person to person.

Individual Variety

Pastimes can reflect cultural traditions or contemporary trends in a society.

Cultural Significance

 The high-energy training montages. Many people love to glorify victory on the playing field, cheer for favorite teams, and play sports. But here's a Should we be so obsessed with sports? Is playing sports actually as good for us as we make it out to be, or just a fun and entertaining pastime?

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 the institutions that we have. Now, it's very easy to complain, of course, about partisan politics and entrenched bureaucracy, and we love to complain about government. It's a perennial pastime, especially around election time, but the world is complex. We soon will have 10 billion people,

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 are popular pastimes with recreational fishermen vying for the largest catch of the day sharks are also caught commercially for food in many countries they've become a substitute for swordfish which are protected and hard to come by in

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 the studio Barrie showed me an old painting of Claire's something he'd rescued from the garbage in a fanciful Margaret asked font she's painted the word out weight these days purging old belongings is becoming a family pastime

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 are popular pastimes with recreational fishermen vying for the largest catch of the day sharks are also caught commercially for food in many countries they've become a substitute for swordfish which are protected and hard

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 bullfighting is a fiber deeply woven into the Spanish cultural tapestry with origins dating back thousands of years it is both ritualistic and ceremonial while protested by some as a cruel pastime brave souls who wish to

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 waste the scraps are carried off by ants this hyena wants to indulge in another favorite pastime the dust bath but it's chosen a location a little too nearer mother Jacqueline or pups

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 the dolphins are careful not to swallow them instead they hold them gently in their mouths despite the risks passing the puffer has become a popular dolphin pastime

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 responsibility of perpetuating the hula very very serious of the night you're only dancing once all people say is hula pastime is it a hobby the hula is our

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 After learning to surf, he became a champion of the pastime. But Ford may have had unsavory reasons for his enthusiastic efforts to boost the sport.